Hi, they are all visible in your admin interface - RPC help in the menu on the left.
The effects can be harmful to you, depending on how you use them and let your visitors use them, which goes for any server-side scripting. Sambar scripting is built with security in mind, because it's used to provide the server admin. One major advantage (disadvantage according to many others of course) is that it doesn't allow file access - everything is wrapped inside functions, which takes care of the specific task. With netutils like these however, it can have various effects: 1) whois - if I request your whois page multiple times a second for a long period of time, you may run outof sockets, but you surely will be disconnected from the verisign whois server. 2) ping - I could have you ping x hosts all the time any time, simply by requesting the page you've setup. 3) iplookup - I could tie up your nameserver or piss of your provider simply by requesting the page multiple times and randomly generate names. So - it all depends on what you allow the visitor to do - with these network utils, you'd be best of, if you require registration and Fair Use policy agreement, prior to usage, so you can sue people, when you get blamed for something they did - or - use them under the hood, without the user being able to access variables. What goes for any server-software: throw away the pre-installed samples, prior to putting it into production - they are ment to get one acquinted with the server, which usually is the opposite of secure programming. Hope this helps, nyem said at 20:43 22-5-2002: >Hello, > >Apart from the 3 RCX samples that come with Sambar (ping,whois & >iplookup), what other directives we can use? > >would using them on my site cause any harmful effect on my server performance? > >please advise > >regards, >nyem > >------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe please go to http://www.sambar.ch/list/ > > > > > > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.363 / Virus Database: 201 - Release Date: 21-5-2002 ____________________________________________________ </MELVYN> void wakeup() { for(long int cuppajava;drink();cuppajava++); } ------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe please go to http://www.sambar.ch/list/
